PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy denied allegations on Tuesday that his party received illegal campaign donations in cash from France's richest woman via Labour Minister Eric Woerth as part of a vast system of patronage.
The allegation was made by a former bookkeeper for Liliane Bettencourt, main shareholder in the cosmetics giant L'Oreal, and raised pressure on Sarkozy to bring forward a reshuffle of his government, battered by sleaze allegations.
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